Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture

A responsive landscape planning approach is characterized by feedback loops between sensing
the environment and the designing and planning process. Advancements in this approach come
along with technological developments and the generation of vast amount of data providing many new
opportunities but also important challenges. While landscape planning and design requires a thorough
understanding of the complex interactions between natural and socio-cultural factors, it is unclear how
these new workflows and these data can successfully be implemented to shape landscapes that provide
societally valued and needed qualities. We suggest six conditions for a successful implementation of
such an approach and illustrate them with various examples. We discuss to what extent this new approach
can create a knowledge-driven rather than a data-driven design and planning process and conclude
with discussing the potential of the approach to foster social learning enabling shaping and transforming
our landscapes.